The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-20
SorTH CAROLINA.
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SOUTH CAROLINA.
Winnesboro is worried with dogs.
A cotton factory is talked of for Marion.
Lsurens seems bound TO have cotton
mill.
Everybody in the State has the base ball
fever
Drummers say they are not reaping a
harvest
Montmorenci reports the fruit crop an en-
tire failure
o. o. Barr is rebuilding his saw1nil at
Edgefield.
There is to be another splendid marriage
near Greenwood.
There are good rains, growing crops and
smiling faces in Troy.
at Walhalla the weather is quite cool,
fire feeling comfortable in the morning.
The Abbeville Rifles will be among the
encampers at Spartanshurg this summer
The Court of Sessions will convene in
Anderson to-day Judge Aldrich presiding.
Rev. j. c. Ochler has been duly installed
as pastor of the Aiken Presbyterian church.
Columbia has voted a $4,000 subscription
TO the Columbia, NewbeTy and Laurens
railroad.
There are prospects of a large cotton
factory being erected by Northern parties at
Greenville.
The Court of General Sessions for Aiken
county will convene to-day, and Judge
Huston will preside. a
Prof Miller accepted and then the next
day declined, the presidency OF the female
college of Due West.
Newberry has, by a popular vote, sub
scribed 10000 to the Columbia, Newberry
and Laurens railroad
The Butler Guards have received orders
to go into camp at the interstate encamp-
ment at Spartanburg. g
Angus J. Sitton has bought the Ware
Shoals water power for -, 500 and Will
build cotton factory.
Mr.. P c. Gaillard, Treasurer of Charles
ton county, made a settlement with the
Comptroller General Friday.
The jurors attending court at Winnsboro
regret that they are brought from their
farms at this season of the year.
The corps of engineers ON the Carolina
and Georgia Midland are making good
progress between Union and Newberry.
Seth w Scruggs, of Greeneville, has been
appointed United States gauger for that
district, with headquarters at Walhalla.
The name of the company previously re-
ported as being organized TO erect a cotton
plaid factory is the Fort Mill Manufacturing
Company.
The Tozer & Rial machine shops at Co
lumbus have been purchased by Lyles &
Haynsworth for parties who will put them
in operation.
The contractors for the bank building at
Winnsboro commenced work on Monday
morning, and will push it forward as rapid
ly as possible.
The Columbia, Newberry and Laurens
Railroad Company are advertising for bids
for building the stone piers of their bridge
across the Broad river
The cotton crops of Sumter are excep-
tionaly fine this year. Corn is small but
promising, and the farmers are more atten-
tive than ever to their work.
The Clifton Manufacturing Company,
lately reported as to build an additional
cotton mill, will build short narrow gauge
railroad to connect the two mills.
The Town Council of Laurens, in accord
ance with the provisions of the new charter.
has been working convicts on the streets in
default of payment of fines imposed.
The Graniteville Manufacturing Company
expects to erect an immense warehouse in
the factory enclosure, SO they can store
away more cotton for manufacturing pur-
poses.
Rock Hill will purchase a fire engine
which viii cost 5000 in cash--said cash TO
be advanced by citizen, who will take the
towns note for the money until the bonds
are issued.
Protracted services have been held in the
Methodist church in Granitevile every
night for two weeks by Rev. YVroten, assist
ed by other ministers from Blackville and
Graham. Much interest is manifested.
The truck growers of Charleston are hav-
ing an uncommonly prosperous season.
The Irish potato cropis unusually large and
of fine quality, and the average price per
barrel is about double that received last
year.
The Board of Directors will elect prin-
cirsal for the Greenwood Male High School
to-day. Persons wishing to secure the place
should send in their applications by that
time. Two assistant teachers are also
wanted
A letter was received at Ureeneville
Thursday evening stating that a negro
named Scales had been arrested at Waterloo
for house-breaking, and it was suspected
that he is also implicated i'll the recent rail
road robbery at Greenville.
Prof. deCamps, the principal of the Con-
servatory of Music. OF Greenville, was de-
clared insane Thursday, and taken to the
State asylum. He was one of the finest
musicians in the South. He lost his reason
on account of financial troubles.
Charles K. Williford, an old citizen of
Anderson county, left home on Friday last
TO visit his sons house near by. Not return
ing, search was made for him, and his dead
body was found in the woods about n mile
from his home. He died of apoplexy,
Col S. A. Pearce, President of the Column
bia Board of Trade, has received letter
from Mr. Reid Whitford, Assistant United
States Engineer, at Georgetown, stating
that he will come up with the new steamer
about July l to begin work on the Con-
garee.
Z. F. Henderson, who lives several miles
from Greeneville, on the Easley Bridge
road had hen on his place to hatch out, in
a litter of ten ducks, one with four legs
Besides the common appointments, and inn
mediately behind them, were two other legs,
which differed from the foremost only by
being little shorter and of a different
color. The little duck, in walking, drags
the rear legs.